Dry battery



June 27, 1933;c H. M. KQRETZKY Ez- AL DRY BATTERY Filed Nov. 19, 1926 Patented June 27, 1933 unirse v.'s'reras,

leA'rsNj'r fol-FICE HARRY M. Roaman, or Hersenen, NEW JERSEY, AND FREDERICK .KELLEra or NEW Yoan, N. x., assisnoas To Emana' .swan BATTERY COMPANY, a consona- TIon or new Yoan DRY' BATTmY Application filed-november 1e, 192e. serial no. 149,458.

yThe present invention has relation to Aan improved form of' dry battery and, method of making' the same: lVhile our invention is applicable to dry batteries for' all purposes, it is particularly useful in what are known as B batteries, -for use in radio receiving sets, and 1s hereinafter described 1n this spiecilic connection by way of example.

In the manufacture of B batteries as hitherto made, it has been usual to adyust the cells, properly connected electrically, inl

a suitable box or container, and then .tofill the spaces around thecellspwith pitch or asplialtum, which, on cooling, embeds theni firmly so as to prevent all danger of-` shifting when shipped, whereby the electric convnections might be endangered.

Moreover the large mass of pitch necessarily employed is heavy and thus adds materially to the weight of the battery, thus increasing the cost of shipment.vl i

Another disadvantage of the use of pitch in this way is that it has to be poured ina' little at a time, to avoid ruining the cells by excessive heat. It is customary to pour in this material in three installments, and it- ,p is found necessary to allow about nine hours for each to cool beiore proceeding lto .the next step in completion of a battery. There is thus involved a loss of nearly thirty hours' for coolinv, besidesvwhich a great deal of valuable o'or space must be devoted to storage of the batteries-whilecooling.' All this has an important effect upon increasing the manufacturing cost of dry batteries.

Our invention saves practically all' theA time required for cooling, besides making the battery lighter and avoiding all-dan er of injuring the cells by overheating. f Ot er advantages of our invention will appear hereinafter. K

Our invention is illustrated in a.. preferred form by wa of example in the accompanying Y drawing, w erein Figure 1 is a plan view of the" n'ished battery in the inner box,Fi re 2 is a view of the same in cross section, ig-

'securing all in place. f This 'rst layer of sulphur shouldlbe'heated to about 120 degrees- C. It will be comparaure 3 is a perspective view of the complete battery, certain part-s being separated' for better disclosure, and Figure 4 ,is a view. of the complete closed battery.

In the drawing 'we have shown a battery of thirty cells, but, of course, any number of cells desired may be employed. These cells 1 0 are placed as'shown within an inner box 11,. andwe employ partitions 12 placed parallel to the' sides of the box, whereby a separate compartment is formed for each cell. rlhe box and partitions are preferably made of pasteboard or the like. The cells are connected electrically in the usual way, as by wires 13, andthe usual leads, 14, are taken out to any desired number of box 11. i

In ordery to secure the cells firmly in place, and insulate, and protect the electrica-l connections and to prevent their coming loose in shipping and handling,'we first pour over the cells. an insulating material which is normally solid but liquees when heated in suiiicient quantity to till the v'spaces around thecells 10 and partitions 12 up to a level a little above the bottom oi the box, as shown at 16 in Figure 2. Y

We prefer to use sulphur for this purpose, because, it is quite hard and not very brittle when cold, and becomes liquid 'at a comparatively low temperature. It. has a low specific heatso that it cools almost instantly, without endangering the efficiency of the cells andi it is cheaper than the. material formerly use The mass of solid sulphur 16 -aroundthe bottoms of the cells adheres to them as well as to the bottom of the box and the partitions, thus protecting and thoroughlyuniting'and tively non-viscous and will cool so rap ly as to save time and not lnjure the cells.

As soon as this relatively hot and non-vis-l cons melted material has beenpoured in to form the bottom protective and securing layer 16, the tops of the cells and the electric connections are preferably also secured and Vscrew terminal posts 15 on one end ofthe protected va similar but much more viscous meltable material. Here again, sulphur is preferably used, being barely melted by the heat, so that, when poured over the tops of the cells, it cools so rapidly as not to flow any appreciable distance down the sides of the same.. i Y Y f We thereby form protective and securing caps 17 of the cooler and more viscous material, which caps adhere closely to the cells Vand connections and, at their edges, to the partitions Y i It will thus be seen that the cells arey firmly held and united both at top and bottom, while, at the same time, the intermediate spaces around the cells being left empty, the battery is much lighter and expensive material is saved. In addition to this the great loss of time and expense of storage space necessitated by former-practice are avoided.

The battery as thus constructed maybe Wrapped or enclosed in any convenient manner, the following being preferred.

. Over the entire surface abovethe cells is laid a corrugatedystrawboard 18, fitting the box, the outer surfacey of said board being preferably covered with sodium silicate or other appropriate cementitious material. Theinner box, thus covered, is then slipped into an outer folding box 19, the top being protected by a layer of strawboard ortho like, 20., This, has perforations 21, Which fit over the lterl'ninals 15. The top of the box 19`has end'flaps 22 and a side Hap 23, also perforatedso that they can be folded over the -top,fend ,y of vthe inner boxy witlritsl terminalsl toinake a simple, neat andi tight closure 'as shown in Figure 4. i ,v .Y A t y f The, sodium silicate or other cement causes the fpasteboard side of the outer-box to Y adhere Lto thelfcorrgated board 18 and-prevents,bulging.v If desired, encor-,more of the surfaces o'ftheinner kbox itself may Aalso be lceriiented to the outerbox.

. This 4mode lof. finishing the lbetray is.

stron'ggxla.sting, inexpensive and light, and it avoids `,the Weightfand expenseV oftheouter WaX-likejsealing ordinarily used in finishing B batteries.- ThiswaX-like outerseal is tion thereof as a free air space, said substance when melted being of such a character that it does not detrimentally affect the jelly Within, the cells, a filler-board in the open side of said box, threaded terminals extending upwardly from some of the cells of the upper row, an upper cap lprovided with perforations through which said terminals extend, and nuts on said terminals. i

2. A dry cell battery of the character set forth in claim l in which the group of cells are bound together as a unitary block in the box.

D 3. A dry cell battery of the character set forth in claim 1 in which the assembly vmentioned is arranged in a container consisting of a setup folding box.

4. A dry Vcell battery of the character set forth in claim 1 in whichsulphur constitutes the sealing material.

5. .A dry cell battery of the chalacter set forth in claim 1 in which partitions are provided wit-hin the box to formseparate pockets for individual cells.

` 6. ,A dry cell battery of the character se forth in claim I in which the assembly inentioned is arranged in a container consisting of a set-up folding box having-a flap provided with a hinge extension adapted to be `inserted between the side ofthe box and its `inserted between the side of the box and its contents and a perforated sheet is fitted over the .terminals between the inner box andthe outer box flap.

i In testimony whereof we have hereunto aftlxed our .signatures on this 30th day of Octo- HARRY M. KORETZKY.. FREDERICK A. KELLER.y

be; 192e.

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